Flône missal: stencilled manuscript

Collection — Volume: 1

Identifier: BC-2026-041

Scope and Contents

Stencilled manuscript missal produced for the use of Flône Abbey, in black, purple, and red ink on parchment. The text comprises Ordo Missae, Canon Missae, Missa de Beata and Missae Pro Defunctis, with music in mensural notation. With five full-page gouache paintings illustrating the Virgin and Child, St. Augustine of Hippo, the Virgin on the crescent moon, the Crucifixion, and the Sacred Heart. Borders ruled in red; rubricated initials.

Dates

Creation: 1741

Creator

Catholic Church (Organization)

Language of Materials

In Latin (Humanist bookhand script).

Access Note

Open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

These materials are made available for use in research, teaching and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source. The original authors may retain copyright to the materials.

Biographical / Historical

Franciscan monastery. Flône Abbey is an Augustinian monastery in the municipality of Amay, in the province of Liège, Belgium.

Full Extent

1 Volumes (1 volume ([5], 56, [7] pages)) : parchment, color illustrations (gouaches) ; 40 x 28 cm

Additional Description

Custodial History

Produced for Jean-Jerôme de Schroots, abbot of the Franciscan monsastery at Flône, Belgium; later in the collection of Belgian bibliophile Georges Petit.